This is a fanfic written for the 30threesomes community on Livejournal, where I have claimed Kira/Katou/Setsuna. It's written for the theme "Temperance".

I do not own Angel Sanctuary, it is the brain child of Kaori Yuki.

Sorry that this chapter sucks so horribly much and jumps around a lot. I mentioned some things in just one or two sentences so that you could have a rough idea of where in the plot this takes place, and not be too lost. I'd like to expand more on some of the points I made, but perhaps I'll save that for future fics.

I fixed some cultural mistakes that I made in chapter one, and some points that conflicted with canon that I didn't notice until after it was posted. Forgive me.

Spoilers up to volume ... let's say volume 11 or 12.

As much as Kira hated it when Katou would (try to) beat up Setsuna, he never raised a hand do him. He would hit the other guys in his gang, but he would never to Katou. He wasn't entirely sure why, maybe because Katou never questioned him (sometimes he ignored him, but he never said anything against him).

All Kira wanted was his two best friends to get along. He knew it would probably never happen, but he still wished it would.

"How are you, kid?" Kira asked, helping Setsuna off of the ground. From the corner of his eye, he saw Katou glaring at the two of them as he walked away, supporting Youji.

"I've had worse," Setsuna said, laughing.

Kira walked Setsuna home. He knew Setsuna wasn't really hurt - he never was - but he was still somewhat cautious. He didn't want something to happen to Setsuna. Because he was Alexiel, that was the only reason why.

Whenever it was just Katou, Kira and Setsuna (which was rare, because though Katou would be alone with Kira sometimes, whenever Setsuna was added, Katou liked to have the rest of the gang with him) Kira would always try to keep the peace. It was less of a headache that way. It wasn't like he actually cared about either Setsuna or Katou.

He hadn't seen Katou die. He had a vague memory of it, but he had been Nanatsusaya at the time and it was somewhat hazy. Almost like a dream.

He 'woke up' from his dream. He told Setsuna that he didn't care about anything that had happened to him, just Alexiel. Kira didn't understand why it hurt so much to say the words and to see the look in Setsuna's eyes. After all, everything he said was true. There was no way he could feel anything for a measly human.

Then he saw Katou's body, and a horrible feeling ran though his body. Almost a cold kind of feeling, like something slimy and freezing was running through his veins instead of blood. Then he felt nothing at all. He buried Katou, somewhat numbly realizing that Katou deserved better. At least somewhere that wasn't by the school, the place that Katou hated. But it would look suspicious to carry him about.

He thought about it more, fought with his brother. Then he was paid a visit by the real Kira Sakuya.

"You became a human."

Kira wasn't sure if he could argue that.

"Do you love dad?"

Kira only thought about it a moment, but he wasn't ashamed of his answer. "Yeah."

"Do you love Setsuna?"

"Yeah," Kira admitted sadly, though he was smiling slightly.

"Is it because he is Alexiel?"

Kira contemplated the question for a while. "No," he answered finally, and reminisced about how Setsuna wasn't like Alexiel, more like a younger brother. This world was kind of fun after all.

"Remember, you're a human being now, so live as you want to!"

"Good-night, Sakuya... Me."

He was Sakuya. Though he was still Nanatsusaya, he was Sakuya now.

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He knew that he had to take the blame for what Alexiel did while in Setsuna's body. It would help him complete his promise to the young Sakuya. Now he doubly didn't want his father to have to feel sad when he was forced to die.

The only reason he was able to plunge the dagger into Setsuna's heart was because he knew it would make Setsuna happy, and because he was confident that Setsuna would be able to get back his sister within the set amount of time. He had very little problem moving Setsuna's body down to Kurai's kingdom.

He could feel his heart stop when the knife was knocked from Setsuna's body.

When Katou made his reappearance, it was safe to say he was quite shocked, but he couldn't say he was displeased. Well, maybe he was a little because he thought it would involve having to endure more fighting between the two of them, but it appeared as though that wasn't going to be a problem.

Katou and Kira sat together one night, alone, while Setsuna was attending to other business.

"You and Setsuna don't seem to fight as much," Kira brought up as casually as he could. He was somewhat curious about what had changed between the two of them.

"He's still an annoying kid," Katou muttered.

"He calls you Yuu-kun," Kira said slowly. He remembered when Katou suddenly refused to acknowledge being called "Yue".

"Like I said, he's still annoying," Katou said, but he was smiling fondly.

"What happened?" Kira asked after a moment longer.

Katou stayed silent for a moment, before looking at Kira. "He found out about my family and stuff," he said. He didn't need to say more. Kira understood. He knew all about it.

Kira leaned forward slightly, and brushed a lock of hair out of Katou's face. "So, you're okay?"

Katou thought for a moment, before he nodded. "I'm okay."

Kira smiled slightly, then kissed Katou lightly. Though Katou wasn't necessarily gay (or didn't admit it and denied it like there was no tomorrow) physical and sexual contact tended to calm him down. Not when anyone did it, of course. He wasn't sure if Katou did it with the other gang members, but sometimes when Kira and Katou were alone, Katou would allow Kira to kiss him, especially when he was feeling lonely.

"As long as you're okay," Kira said, then smiled. "It's time for war."

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